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Using characters/story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction (in addition to literal meaning)
Usually deals with moral truth or a generalization about the human experience |
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A statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle (can sum up an author's point)
A proverb's authorship is unknown |
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A fanciful expression (extended metaphor,surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects)
Displays intellectual cleverness |
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| A Greek word that literally means "teaching" (that is the aim of didactic language, especially teaching of moral or ethical principles) |
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| Traditions of particular genres (distinguish between different ones) |
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| Literally means "sermon" but in general includes any serious talk, speech, or lecture giving moral or spiritual advice |
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Understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite
Opposite of hyperbole |
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| loose/non-periodic sentence |
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A sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first
A large number of loose sentences create an informal or relaxed tone. |
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A Greek word that means "changed label" or "substitute name"
The name of one object is substituted for that of a closely associated one.
Often used for emotional impact |
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| A type of parallelism in which the repetition is exact and occurs at the beginnings of successive lines/sentences |
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| Describes language that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish |
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A sentence which has its main clause at the end (adds emphasis and structural variety)
A stronger type of sentence than a loose sentence |
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Describe variety, conventions, and purpose of different kinds of writing
1. Exposition - explain/analyze info by presenting an idea, evidence, and discussion
2. Argumentation - meant to prove the validity of an idea or point-of-view (presents sound reasoning, discussion, and argument to convince the reader)
Persuasive writing is a type of argumentation that urges action
3. Description - recreates, invents, or presents visually a person, place, event, or action (engages five senses, can be objective or emotional)
4. Narration - tells a story or narrates events (uses similar tools to description) |
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| A word or clause that follows a linking verb and complements the subject of the sentence by renaming it (a predicate nominative) or describing it (a predicate adjective) |
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| Deductive system of logic that presents major and minor premises that result in a sound conclusion (but only if both premises are sound) |
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| Figure of speech which uses a part to represent the whole or uses the whole to represent a part |
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